Chapter 816


    Chapter 816


    Briana quickly caught hold of Cornelia, “Cornelia”


    Ayden was also startled, ‘Mrs Hartley”


    Cornelia took a tissue, wiped the blood off her mouth, and slowly said, “Don’t freak out, I’m okay That


    guy just pped me, and I bit myself. Didn’t want to lose out, so I kept my mouth shut. Now that I think


    about it, I really took one for the team”


    “Cornelia, why are you so boneheaded? You knew you couldn’t beat him, but you still stepped in to


    take the hit for me. Briana held Cornelia tightly, seekingfort and strength from her


    Cornelia replied. “You’re family, Briana. Did you expect me to stand by while you were in danger?”


    Briana clung to Cornelia’s arm, “Cornelia, thank you!”


    Comelia gently stroked Briana’s head, softly saying, “Bri, your granny, your brother, and 1, we’re all


    family and we all love you, got it?”


    The fact that Brennen’s henchman dared toy a finger on Briana showed that she meant jack to


    Brennen. So, Brennen had no qualms about picking on a defenseless little girl like Briana during his


    power struggle with Marcus.


    How dare Brennen call himself a loving father after being so hard on his own daughter!


    Briana nodded, “I know. I’ve always known that I only have granny and Marcus. But now I also have


    you, Cornelia, who cares about me.”


    Cornelia responded, “Mmm.”


    Briana looked at Cornelia, “Cornelia, your face seems to be swelling up. Let’s go see a doctor to get it


    checked”


    Cornelia agreed, “Yeah, we need to get some meds for the swelling, or the grannies will worry. Bri, let’s


    not tell the grannies about this, so they won’t worry.”


    Briana assured her, “Don’t worry, I won’t spill the beans. Just wait for me to square things up with my


    partners, and then I’ll go with you to the hospital”


    Cornelia nodded, “Alright.”


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    Only then did Briana turn to her clueless partners.


    Once Briana left, Cornelia turned to Ayden, “Ayden, thank you foring to our rescue again. As a


    token of our gratitude, we’d like to invite you to lunch. Would you like that?”


    “No need!” Ayden refused tly. He was well aware of his position and responsibilities. More


    importantly, he had arrived in time today, yet Cornelia was still hurt. This was his failure, and he had to


    own up to Marcus


    Cornelia asked again, “Is there anything you want?” Cornelia was thinking of getting him something


    assuming he would turn down the lunch invitation for Marcus‘ sake.


    But Ayden still refused, “No!”


    Comelia asked, “If you don’t want to have lunch or anything else, can you tell me what type of girl you


    like? I can set you up with someone suitable. How about that?” The mere mention of setting him up


    with someone finally elicited a reaction from Ayden, who was usually expressionless. But it wasn’t


    happiness, rather a barely suppressed anger, “Mrs. Hartley, that really isn’t necessary.”


    Normally, his tone was devoid of emotion, sounding somewhat cold but never malicious. But this time,


    his voice seemed to be squeezed through gritted teeth, revealing his anger.